cloud layer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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To study its terrain, scientists must rely on radar imaging capable of penetrating the cloud layer.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
It will prove difficult for the waning sunlight to scour out moisture on the surface, though, resulting in only a thinning cloud layer with a few breaks of sunshine by Tuesday afternoon at best.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2023
But the particular cloud layer where the phosphine is present happens to be relatively balmy, with ample sunlight and Earth-like atmospheric pressure and temperature.
From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2020
Just before crashing into the hillside, the pilot rapidly ascended to avoid a cloud layer, according to the NTSB.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2020
In the distance, a single mountain rose up above the cloud layer.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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